Laundry-tag



H. H. QUEHL.

' LAUNDRY TAG.

APPLICAHON FILED MAK. 28. 1919.

1 ,363,349, Patented. Dec. 28, 1920.

UNITED STATES PTENT oFFics.

HERMAN H. QUEI-II., OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO WHITE-QUEHL MANUFAC- TURING- COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A FIRM.

LAUNDRYeTAG.

Application led March 28, 1919.

To all whom @it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN H. QUEHL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Laundry-Tags, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to produce an improved laundry tag in which the tag material is held in position and condition to receive the written or printed matter thereon, previous to the affiXing of the tag, with no metal portion to interfere with the marking of the tag or the laundrying of an article to which it is attached.

This and other objects are attained in a laundry tag described in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is a perspective view of a laundry tag embodying my invention, a portion thereof being broken away for clearness of illustration.

Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional View of riy improved tag, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3, is a transverse sectional view of the material upon which the identification marks are placed, taken upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and showing only the material.

Fig. 4, is a perspective view of one of the tag staples used to aiiiX the tag embodying my invention to an article to which it is to be attached.

Fig. 5, is a transverse sectional view of a modified form of tag embodying my invention.

Fig. 6, is a transverse sectional view showing a modified form of the material upon which the identification marks are placed, and which is used in the form of tag disclosed in Fig. 5.

My improved tag consists of a mark receiving material 7, and staples 8 and 9 which are preferably located at the ends of the material and which are used for securing the tag in position upon an article to which it is to be attached.

The mark receiving material consists of a tape of fabric having its longitudinal edges turned in to substantially engage each other as disclosed at 10 and 11, thus forming a somewhat tubular member. The upper or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920. serial No. 285,870.

writing surface portion 12 of the member '7 is left free from end to end for receiving the identification marks, by passing the middle portion 13 of each of the staples through the sides of the tag and between portion 12 andedges 10 and 11. Inturned clamping portions 14 and 15, are formed on the staples f or clamping mark receiving material in position against displacement as shown in Fig. 1. The pointed ends 16 and 17 of the staple are then bent down at right angles to the remaining portions so as to be in position to be passed through the article to which the tag is to be secured. After having been passed through the material the ends 16 and 17 are pressed into overlapping side by side positions with relation to each other, thus securely fastening the tag against displacement from the material.

In the modified form of my invention disclosed in Figs. 5 and 6, the mark receiving member 7a is provided with overlapping edges 102l and 11a, instead of edges which meet one another as disclosed in Fig. 1. The fastening staples are identical with the fastening staples disclosed in the first described form of my invention. The modified form of my invention results in a more durable construction because of the increased strength afforded by the overlapped edges 10eL and 11a.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is 1. A laundry tag comprising a mark receiving member, and a staple adapted to secure the member in position upon an article to be laundried, the member consisting of a strip of material having the edges turned in toward one another to form a substani ceiving member, and a staple adapted to se-,

cure the member in position upon an article to be laundried, the member consisting of a strip of material having the edges turned in to engage each other and form a substantially flat tubular memben having a mark receiving space, the staple having` a central portion passing transversely of the tag and located between the inturned edges and the mark receiving space, the inturned portions at the ends of the central portion 10 In 'testimony whereof I have hereunto 15 subscribed my name this 26th day of March, 1919.

HERMAN H. QUEI-IL. 

